St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-30
MOST IS CONVICTED.
The Blatant Foreign Anareh-
iSt Good for Another
Term in Prison.
Another Imported Dynamiter
Inflicts Himself on New
York People.
The Chicago Reds, and Their
Threats Of Creating Wide
Destruction.
BoodlepS Granted a New Trial
General Criminal
Intelligence.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-When the trial
of John Most was resumed this morn
ing the defendant was called to the wit
ness stand to testify in his own behalf.
He denied that he had threatened the
eXecutiOner of the anarchists in Chicago
OF any one else. The meeting at Krae-
mer's hall, at which the alleged Sc
ditiOus speech was made, was. he said,
a public one. Mr.. SchultZe was the
chairman. and not Schleck, as the police
man testified. He addressed his hear
ers. he said, as ''FellOw citizens and
not as anarchists. He then went on to
give his version of the speech he made.
1t lacked the threats and violent Ian
guage he is charged withhaving uttered.
"On the cry of Revenge being uttered
in the audience" he went on, ~ said.
Not now. The capitalists are arrayed
against us. We are here TO accuse, ami
| accuse Grinnell, Gary and the judges
of the murder.''' He had described
Powderly as an instrument in the exc
cutiOn by not taking sides with the con
demned men. He was not sure that he
said he would give ten years of his life
to know the hangman, and that he
would strangle him. He had never said
that for every man killed in Chicago
500 would be slaughtered.
Most said he was communiStic anar-
chist and assumed the Oratorical style
which had distinguished the first half
of his direct testimony. when Mr.. NicOll
on cros-eXamination asked him to
STATE Ills VIEWS.
we do not fight against any particu-
lur government" said Most. I'VE do
not especially fight the government of
the United States; we are opposed to
government as such; we think that the
power held by the government should
be abolished" Most said that the ''rul-
ing classes were in rebellion. and it
was possible that even what the people
had, the constitution of the United
States, would be taken away. His motto
was Education for organization organ
ize to put down the rebellion Of the
capitalistic class" $685.. , ...... ....
1--WE do not expect that the capitals
tic classes will give up what they have
peaceably. There will be fierce fight
ing OH both sides"
''BOmbs and dynamite" asked Mr..
Nie0ll. .-.... .. ....-......... E..
'Yes, on both sides"
Your idea is to conquer peaceably if
you can, by force if you must?'
HIT Is HlSbOIA we DCIltNG ltlCt
will be necessary in time
Mr.. NicOll asked Most as to his belief
in Supreme Being, and Mr.. Howe OBJ
jected.
do you believe in the existence of
Supreme Being who Furnishes those who
give false testimony i'll cOurt?'' was re-
peated by Mr.. NicOll, and objected to by
Mr.. Howe. Overruled.
IL do not"
Mr.. Howe tried to mend matters. He
said: "DO you believe in a great First
CauSe@
Il say" said Most. ''as Socrates lid,
We know that we do not know"
On crOSS-examinatiOn Assistant Dis
trict Attorney NicOll questioned Most
on the
RECORD OF HIS PAST LIFE.
The prisoner said he had been con-
Victed of treason in Austria in 1869 aud
had been imprisoned one year. In 1870
he was again convicted in that country
of the same crime and got five years
sentence, but gained his liberty in 1871
through an amnesty granted to political
prisoners. In 1872 he was sentenced to
one years improvement i'll Berlin for
calling the emperor of Germany a
'slaughterer; and ''massacrer.'' In
1874 he was sentenced to Imprisonment
for one year and six months for speech
made in Berlin on the memorial day of
the Paris commune. In 1877 he was
sentenced in Berlin to two months I'M
priSOnment for blaSphemy. In 1881 he
was sentenced in England to eighteen
months Imprisonment for applauding
i'm the Freiheit the killing Of the ear.
" hen he got out of prison there he came
TO This country, and has since remained
here. The witness admitted having
written book on Free Society, Social
Movements in Ancient Rome, BaStile
of PIOtZee. The Hell of Blackwell'S
Island and others. \ wrangle between
the lawyers enSued when Most was
asked whether he had written book on
tie Art of Revolutionary Warfare, or
a book on dynamite or other explosives.
He rose. He refused to answer on the
ground that the answer would tend to
criminate him. He also declined TO
answer whether he believed that mod
rrn explosives were necessary to carry
ont his ideas: whether he had advised
others as TO the cheapest manner of
manufacturing explosives; whether he
had advised that an electric battery be
used AT distance Ia explode dynamite,
but when few moments can be had to
get away a fuse of six or eight inches
will serve: whether he said that for an
explosion in a crowd Il shell is the best.
and II should be glObular to produce
splendid results: whether he had said
that gas-pipe with ScreW-caps will
produce brilliant results; whether he
had advised that fruit-iar be filled
with powder. tightly closed and having
a fuse be placed, and that on bursting
TIE FIERY BENZINE
would be scattered: whether he adj
vised The use of deadly poison curare
on arrow-headS. The witness grew
greatly excited when these questions
were asked, and declined to eacn OH tie
same ground. He said. VchementlY:
What have they to do with my speech
at kraemer's halle" But the Judge IN
each case allowed the question. The
prosecution offered in evidence the pre-
vious indictment of Most. and the rec
Old of the trial and cOnuictiOn. to show
that the book on the Art of RevOlu-
tiOnarv Warfare" was not introduced III
evidence on M0St'S trial. Mr.. Howe OBJ
iectcd, saying it had been intro
duced and excluded, Most said
Recorder Smythe had referred
To ii and had really sentenced him on
ii. This ended the evidence and the
arguments Of counsel followed at once.
occupying two hours. Judge CONing.
in his charge Ia the jury. said Most was
HOl 10 lie tried for his past life nor for
his belief. but Tor his speech at
Kracmcr's hall Our love of tree
speech and freedom Of the press" he
continued. has made us do away with
many restrictions. We are Jealous of
our liberty. Free speech does not mean
/ hat an individual has the right 10 Sian
tsI- D.aiH or - il n a ia. vi.
WetlO not tolerate license. We rnrour-
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